IPL 6: Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings - As it happened...

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Zeenews Sports Bureau Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | HIGHLIGHTS» | REPORT» Meet the 24 centurions of IPL» ==================================================================================== Brief Summary So the match will be remembered for four phases. Pollard played a formidable knock that helped Mumbai Indians reach a respectable score. After the top-order crumbled, MS Dhoni once again played a spectacular knock, one of the best you would ever see. With 40 needed off 18 balls, Pollard became the villain as he leaked 17 runs in the 18th over which had lots of boundaries and drama. Pollard pulled off that spectacular match-winning catch of MS Dhoni and that was the match. All’s well that ends well. Kieron Pollard is undoubtedly the hero for the Mumbai Indians! ==================================================================================== Chennai Innings: Over 20 || Score 139/9 12 needed off 6 balls to be bowled by Munaf Patel. Can Munaf be the hero tonight? Munaf bowls a length ball, Dhoni’s launches that towards deep midwicket, that looked like a six before it found Pollard at deep midwicket who has pulled off a stunner! That is a match-winning catch from Pollard and everybody is saying, NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE EVER PULLED OFF THAT CATCH! Dirk Nannes comes to the crease. A dot ball. Two runs scored off the third ball. Another dot ball. The penultimate delivery is a dot ball as well as Rajpoot fails to make contact. And the Mumbai Indians have won their first match of Indian Premier League by nine runs! MS Dhoni c Pollard b Patel 51 (26b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 137/8 Johnson to bowl the penultimate over. He begins with a wide ball. The first ball is a dot ball as Dhoni fails to make a contact. Dhoni works the second ball towards deep midwicket for a single, doesn’t take a single. The third one is worked at mid off, no run taken. Johnson bowls another wide. Dhoni works the next ball towards deep midwicket where Harbhajan stops it and the batsmen run two. Johnson bowls a fuller length ball and Dhoni clobbers that over deep midwicket for a Six! And that also brings his fifty off just 24 balls! Take a bow MS Dhoni! 11 off the over, 12 needed from 6 balls to be bowled by Munaf Patel and with Dhoni at the strike, anything is possible. ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 126/8 Pollard to bowl his final over. He begins with a length ball and Dhoni clobbers that straight down the ground for a Six! CSK need more of those from their skipper. Pollard follows it with a slow bouncer and Dhoni cleverly played that towards vacant deep square leg region for another boundary! Ten runs scored off the first two balls. Interesting moment! Pollard as he usually does, went into his delivery stride and didn’t bowl. Dhoni gave it back to him by moving away off the next ball, smiles exchanged between both the players. And now Dhoni removes his gloves, takes a good break. Pollard bowls a wide. Pollard follows it with a fuller length ball and offers room, Dhoni easily works that past covers for another boundary! 15 runs have come off the first three balls. Make that 16 from three as Pollard bowls another wide. Pollard bowls a full-toss and this time Dhoni manages just a single at mid off. Laughlin is on strike, can he support Dhoni. No he can’t. Pollard bowls a slower Yorker and Laughlin’s inside edge hits the stumps! Ankit Rajpoot is the new batsman. He hits the first ball straight at long off, but no run takes as Dhoni keeps the strike. That ends a very long, very expensive and a very dramatic over from Pollard. Seventeen runs from the over, 23 needed from 12 balls. B Laughlin b Pollard 0 (1b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 109/7 Harbhajan to bowl his final over. He begins with a fuller length ball and Dhoni slog sweeps that over deep midwicket for a very long Six! Dhoni mistimed the second ball towards mid on and he wanted a second run which wasn’t possible as Ashwin slipped. Ashwin gets the skipper back on strike with a single. Ponting has a chat with his bowler and some changes made in the field. Bhajji bowls another full toss and Dhoni manages a single this time at long on. Ashwin charges down the wicket off the next ball and hits the ball straight to Pollard at deep midwicket! Dhoni keeps the strike with a single. Ten runs from the over Harbhajan’s spell (4-0-31-2) comes to an end. Laughlin is the new man in, CSK need 40 off the last three overs. R Ashwin c Pollard b Harbhajan Singh 2 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 99/6 Munaf is brought back into the attack. He begins with a slower ball, width on offer and Jadeja drives that through covers for a boundary! Munaf has the last laugh as Jadeja attempts another aggressive stroke off the second ball, pitched outside the off-stump and an inside edge hits the stumps. He already had a boundary off the first ball, there was no need for it. Ashwin is the new batsman. And Mumbai have missed an easy run-out there. Ashwin worked the ball towards mid on and ran for a quick single, Dhoni wasn’t interested and Karthik had to jump to collect Ojha’s throw and didn’t hit the stumps. Six runs from the over. RA Jadeja b Patel 16 (11b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 93/5 Harbhajan to continue. And Jadeja wastes no time, smashes the second ball over long off for a Six! Jadeja follows it with a single. Harbhajan bowls a full-toss and this time Dhoni goes straight down the ground for a boundary. Dhoni takes a single at long on. Jadeja keeps the strike with a single. Thirteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 80/5 Pollard into his third over. Pollard bowled a bouncer, gave enough room outside the off-stump and Dhoni played an upper cut towards third man for a boundary! Pollard follows it with a length ball, with some room outside the off-stump and Dhoni is quick to pounce on it and drive through extra covers for his consecutive boundary! Those two shots have spoiled Pollard’s third over to some extent. Ten runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 70/5 Ojha to continue. And he strikes first ball, Barinath is Out! Badrinath was playing for turn on that occasion, misjudged the line as the ball struck his pads. Ravindra Jadeja is the new batsman. Four runs from the over. Ojha ends a fantastic spell - 4-0-16-2 S Badrinath lbw b Ojha 16 (16b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 66/4 Pollard to bowl his second over. Another economical over, just four runs from it. The pressure is building up now. Captain cool is still there. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 62/4 Ojha to continue. Another dropped catch, this time by skipper Ponting at extra cover. But Bravo can’t capitalize on that dropped chance as he nicks the next ball and Dinesh Karthik takes a good low catch diving to his front. Four runs from the over. DJ Bravo c Karthik b Ojha 10 (17b) ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 58/3 Pollard brought back into the attack. And Badrinath guided one pitched outside the off-stump towards third man for boundary! Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 49/3 Ojha to continue. Badrinath is the new batsman. Five runs from the over. It’s time for a strategic break and Chennai now need exactly 100 runs from 11 overs. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 44/3 Harbhajan to continue. And he gets the Big Fish – Michael Hussey! It was a quicker delivery and Hussey was looking to work it on the leg side, Badrinath comes to the crease. Four runs and a big wicket for Bhajji. MEK Hussey b Harbhajan Singh 20 (23b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 40/2 Pragyan Ojha to bowl from the other end. Economical over from the left-arm spinner. Four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 36/2 Harbhajan is brought into the attack. Bhajji began with four dot balls and then Hussey charged down the track and lifted the fifth ball towards deep cover for a boundary! Four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 32/2 Johnson to bowl his third over. And he is finally rewarded with the huge wicket of Suresh Raina. Raina was looking to work the ball on the leg side, got an inside edge and it went towards point where Punter takes an easy catch. So after two dropped catches, Johnson finally gets a wicket. Two runs from the over. SK Raina c Ponting b Johnson 10 (7b) ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 30/1 Munaf to continue. Suresh Raina shows his class and drives the third ball straight down the ground for a boundary! And Hussey ends the over with another boundary that whistled past the point fielder. Sixteen runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 14/1 Johnson to continue. And Hussey flicks his second ball past square leg for a boundary! Johnson had a chance off the last ball, but Rohit Sharma at first slip drops it! And it wasn’t a tough chance. Johnson would be cursing his luck today! Four runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 10/1 Munaf Patel to bowl the second over. And he strikes, Murali Vijay is bowled! Munaf bowled it on the leg-stump, Vijay made some room attempting a shot at fine leg, didn’t connect and perished. Five runs from the over. M Vijay b Patel 5 (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 5/0 Johnson to bowl the first over, Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay to open for CSK. It was a good over from Johnson which could have been better had Ambati Rayudu held on to a tough chance off the last ball at short midwicket. Five runs from the first over. ==================================================================================== Mumbai Innings: Over 20 || Score 148/6 Bravo to bowl the final over. Harbhajan gets off-strike off the first ball. Pollard attempts a Dilscoop off the second ball, doesn’t connect and Bravo once again had something to say. Pollard takes a single off the third ball, he wanted two there, Bhajji wasn’t interested. Pollard has asked Bhajji to get him back on strike. And guess what, Harbhajan has launched the next ball over deep square leg for a Huge Six! Bravo bowls a slower one and Pollard is back on strike with a single. Last ball. And Pollard ends it in style, length ball and he clobbers that over long on for a Six! Kieron Pollard 57* (38b), Harbhajan Singh 21* (21b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 133/6 Laughlin to bowl the penultimate over. He begins with two wide deliveries. Harbhajan smashes one over covers for a boundary! And Pollard smokes the fourth ball straight down the ground for another boundary! Pollard takes a single off the fifth ball and that brings his fifty off 35 balls! An excellent innings under pressure and that will help the Mumbai Indians. Thirteen runs from the over. Kieron Pollard 50* (35 b, 4*6, 4*4) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 120/6 Ashwin to bowl his final over. Pollard launches him for a Six over extra cover. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 112/6 Bravo into his third over. Interesting moment in that over. Pollard hit the ball straight to Bravo who held it and went ahead to exchange a few not-so-good words with his team mate. And this is why you shouldn’t mess with Pollard. Bravo bowled a low full-toss and Pollard smashes that over long on for a Six! Nine runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 103/6 Ashwin to bowl his third over. One run came off the first three balls and Pollard clobbers the fifth ball for a monstrous six over long on! Thirteen run from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 96/6 Pollard is looking dangerous which is why Nannes has been called to bowl his final over. Four runs from the over. Nannes ends an excellent spell. Dir Nannes 4-0-18-1 ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 92/6 Ashwin into his second over. Economical bowling this, two runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 90/6 Harbhajan is the new batsman, Jadeja into his second over. And Jadeja drops a catch of his own bowling. Pollard hit it straight to Jadeja, it was low but was worth a catch. And Pollard smacks the next ball high over long on for a Six! Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 83/6 Ashwin is brought into the attack. And he gets the wicket of Smith! It was the last ball of the over and Smith hit that straight to the fielder at long on. And one this is for sure. Bravo has come up with some better moves this year! He entertained the crowd, like he always does after that catch. Four runs from the over. DR Smith c Bravo b Ashwin 3 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 79/5 Lughlin to bowl the second over. Rayudu tries a big shot straight down the ground, manages just a single. And Laughlin strikes, Rayudu is caught at third man! Rayudu’s poor run in the series continues. Pollard works the fifth ball towards midwicket for a boundary! Seven runs from the over. AT Rayudu c Nannes b Laughlin 7 (10b) ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 72/4 Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 67/4 Bravo to continue. He fires another Yorker, Karthik was ready for it and he smashes that towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Bravo takes the revenge as Karthik is out lbw next ball! The ball once again swung in, appeal was made and the umpire took his own sweet time to raise the finger. But it was a good knock from Karthik after the openers perished early in the innings. Kieron Pollard is the new batsman. Bravo welcomes his team mate with a bouncer. Pollard makes his presence felt by working the ball past the point fielder for a boundary. Bravo bowls on the pads and Pollard flicks that towards deep square leg for his consecutive boundary! A dot ball to end the over. Twelve runs and a wicket for Bravo. KD Karthik lbw b Bravo 37 (25b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 55/3 Ben Laughlin comes into the attack. Six runs from the over. Laughlin and showed some good variation so far. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 49/3 Dwayne Bravo comes into the attack. And he strikes first ball, Rohit Sharma is caught behind! Ambati Rayudu is the new batsman. Karthik got some room off the fifth ball and he punched that through deep backward point for a boundary! Eight runs from the over. RG Sharma c Dhoni b Bravo 8 (10b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 41/2 Rajpoot to continue. Karthik smashes a short ball towards deep midwicket for a boundary! And CSK are having a poor say at the field, this time their best fielder Suresh Raina drops Karthik at point! And Karthik smokes that next ball over deep midwicket for a Six! Good over for Mumbai, thirteen runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 28/2 Nannes to continue. Sharma pulls and Rajpoot at deep square leg drops a lolly! Five runs from the over. Nannes is bowling an excellent spell here! Five runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 23/2 Rajpoot to continue. Rajppot bowls a bouncer at good pace, Ponting goes for his known pull shot, gets and edge and Ashwin at first slip jumps to take good catch! The openers are out, Rohit Sharma is the new batsman. Six runs from the over. RT Ponting c Ashwin b Rajpoot 6 (10b) ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 17/1 Nannes to continue. Six singles from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 11/1 Ankit Rajpoot to bowl the second over. And Karthik plays an elegant shot for a boundary through covers! Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 4/0 Dirk Nannes to bowl the first over for CSK, Tendulkar and Ponting to open for Mumbai. Ponitng gets off the mark with a quick single off the second ball and a misfield from Suresh Raina allows them to take an extra run. And guess what! Tendulkar is OUT first ball! It was pitched in line and it swung into him, there was an extended appeal and the umpire raised his finger. Tendulkar wasn’t happy, he expressed but the replays show his leg-stump would have been knocked! Good first over by Nannes, four runs and a big wicket. Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman. SR Tendulkar lbw b Nannes 0 (1b) ==================================================================================== TOSS: Mumbai have won the toss and they have decided to bat first. Two-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians, who suffered a shocking defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening game. After losing their opening game, Mumbai would be desperate to register their first victory. They need to promote Kieron Pollard in that batting order in case if they want to get the best out of him. Pollard got to play just two balls in their first game. On the other hand, CSK are a force to reckon with in the Indian Premier League and they are full of match-winners who can change the course of the game at any point. CSK’s strength is the presence of players like Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and skipper Dhoni himself.